Garment hanger



l. DUBERSTEIN GARMENT HANGER July' l0 Filed sept. 21. 1922 Patented July l0, 1923.

ISADORE DUBERSTEI, OF LOS ANGELES, CALFORNIA.

GARMENT HANGER.

Application -led September 21, 1922. Serial No. 589,663.

To all wlwm it may concern: f

Be it known that I, IsADoRE DUBERs'rEIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los'Angeles and Stateof California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates in general to improvements .in garment hangers, but more specifically it has reference to an attachment adapted to be garment hanger and by means of the use of which attachment the eiiiciency ofthe l5 hanger will be materially increased.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide an improved hanger particularly adapted though not Anecessarily limited in its use for supporting dresses, skirts, and

the like which are of a iimsy texture and for preventing the dress or `garment from dropping off of the hanger in theA event that the dress or garment should become accidentally detached from one end of the hanger, and at the same time the attachment is so constructed that it will not injury a dress or garment of the most delicate fibre.

A further object is to` provide an improved attachment of this-character which 80 will be simple,- durable, cheap, and light in construction, effective and eilicient i-n operation, and which may be readily applied to any hanger of this type and as readily removed, and which will not necessitate the employment of vices for maintaining the attachment in position upon the hanger. p

Tol the attainment of these ends and the accomplishment of other new and useful ob- 40 'ects as will appear, the invention consists in the features of novelty in substantially the construction, combination-and arrangement of the several parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed and shown in the accompanying drawing illustrating this invention, and in which- Figurel is anelevation of a hanger showing the attachment as applied to one end thereof and detached from the other end.

upon the hanger.

applied to an ordinary fastening. or securing de-Y the body of the hanger re 2 is a view similar to Figure 1, showing the manner in which the attachment operatesfor sustaining thegarment.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the hanger showing the manner in which a `garment which has been detached from one end will be held from dropping -ol' of the hanger.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of one of the attachments. v v

The attachment consists of a tubular body portion 10, constructed of any suitable flexible and elastic material, such. as rubber or the like and may be of any desired length and of any desired configuration in cross section, but is preferably circular in cross section.

Extending along a portion of the outer surface of the body 10 are a plurality of teeth-11 spaced longitudinally of the body port-ion and are inclined in a direction toward one end of the body. These teeth 11 are also constructed of elastic material and are preferably constructed of the same material as the body portion 10 and are formed integral therewith.

The hanger 12 to which this attachment is adapted to be applied may also be of' any desired configuration but embodies .a

body portion having connected'therewith a I A' device I13, intermediate suspension hook or the ends of; the hanger. f In use the attachment is applied by inserting the sa" e `over ofthe hanger 12, the internal diameter of the sleeve rf-)ormir'lg the body portion of the attachment being preferably cfa diameterl p somewhat less than the external diameter of 12, so that when the attachment is applied to the hanger the body portion thereof willbe expanded and the elasticity of the tionally hold the attachment upon the hangthe ends of the' body body will serveto fricer. This attachment maybe-spaced for any desired distance from the opposite ends of the hanger but are preferably located in proximity-to .the end.

The attachmentsare lapplied to the opposite ends ofthe hanger in such a manner that the teethll of each attachment inclines inwardly in a direction towards the center of the hanger andthe teeth are of such a heioht that they will project above tle outer surface of the sleeve of the attachment.

When the garment',l hanger the teethwill not interfere with the garment and inasmuch as the teeth are ilexisl placed upon the f ible they Figure 3, the tendency of the garment would ordinarily be to slip from theother eind of the hanger and drop to the floor. The flexible teeth 11, however, projecting above the top of thehanger will engage the garment and a frictional gripping will be produced between the teeth and the garment and the garment will be retained upon the hanger.

The spaced teeth 11 present an undulated surface to the arment above the upper face of the hanger body.

The teeth are referably lof a width to extend substantially across the upper surface of the body of the hanger and are preferably substantially parallel, although it is only necessary that the teeth be of such a width as to form a comparatively extended surface to be engaged by the garment, and the height of the teeth increase from one end towards the opposite end of the body portion so as to insure the garment being cau ht and retained by the remaining teeth if t e garment should slip and not be caught by the preceding teeth.

With thisv improved invention it will be manifest that this attachment may be applied to any hanger of this type and after having been applied will be retained in position by a lpping action caused. by -the elasticity o vthe body of the attachment, thereby dispensing with the necessity of providing fastenn means for retainingthe attachment upon t e end of the hanger.

'- While the preferred form of the invention has been herein .shown and described, it is to be understood that various changes may be made in the details of 'construction and in the combination-and arrangement of the several parts, within the scope of the claims, without departing from the spirit -of this invention.

` Whatis claimed as new is 1.jIn combination, a garment hanger embodying a garment supporting bar, andan elastic sleeve adapted to be freely adjusted upon the bar within thl confines of -the ends of the' bar, the internal diameter of the sleeve being less than the external diameter of the bar, said sleeve serving' to support and retain the garment upon one :end of the 'hanger when the garment has become detached from the other end of the hanger.

2. In comblnation, a garment hanger embodying a garment supporting bar, and an elastic sleeve adapted to be freely adjustedv 'upon the bar and within the confines of the extremities of the bar, the internaldiameter of the'sleeve being less than the external diameter of the bar, said sleeve being provided with a roughened periphery serving to support and retain the arment upon lone end of the hanger when t e garment has be- A come detached from the other end of the" passed, said member being freely adjustable upon Vthe bar to any desired distance from the end of the bar the said -member being maintained in its-adjusted position upon the bar by friction.

4. In combination, a garment hanger embodying a garment supporting bar, an elastic open ended tubular' member through which the end ofthe bar is adapted to be passed, said member being freely adjustable upon the bar to any desired distance from the end of the bar, the said member being maintained in its adjusted position upon the bar by friction, and upstanding teeth oriribs on the outer periphery ofthe said member.

5. In combination, a garment hanger embodying a garment supporting bar, an elastic open ended tubular member` through which the end of the bar is adapted tobe passed, said memberbein freely adjustable upon the bar'to any desired distance from the end of the bar the said member being maintained in its adjusted position upon the ribs on the outer periphery of the said member, said teeth or ribs inclining in a direction t from one end of the member to the other end of themember.- y v 6. In combination, a, garment hanger em-I bodying a garment supporting member, a pair of elastic tubular members freely adjustable upon the opposite ends of the hanger member and. maintained upon the hanger member entirely by friction, the upper surface of the sleeve being undulated, the said undulations forming pockets into which portions of the garment enter.

7. As an article of manufacture, a garment hanger attachment embodying an open ended elastic tubular body adapted to be sleeved upon the garment supporting bar for suspending the garment, a portion of the sleeved upon the garment supporting barV to suspend the garment, and a series of flexible teeth projecting above the outer surfnoo of tho body; tho tooth inoronning in body, tho noiafooth ino' in n' ainootilon hei ht Vfrom one end towards the other end towards one end of the bo y portion and 10 of e body'. successively increasing in helgbt from oneV 10. As an article of manufacture, s. rend of the body. l l p 5 ment hanger' attachment embodying on o In testimony whereof I have signed my tic tubular body adapted to be sleevqd upon name to this specification on this 18th -day the hanger, and a series of flexible teeth lof September A. D. 1922. projecting above the outer surface of the SADORE DUBERSTEIN. 

